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- London triples police force; riots spread
- Social networking spreads British riots
- Afghans not receiving U.S. visas
- Germany starting to feel the hard times
- French can access baguettes anytime
| London triples police force; riots spread Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT LONDON -- Thousands more police officers flooded London streets Tuesday in a bid to end Britain's worst rioting in a generation as nervous shopkeepers closed early and some residents stood guard to protect their neighborhoods. An eerie calm prevail ... |
| Social networking spreads British riots Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT LONDON -- Some of the text messages read like real-time rallying calls for rioters."If you're down for making money, we're about to go hard in east London," one looter messaged before the violence spread.Still others direct looters to areas of untapp ... |
| Afghans not receiving U.S. visas Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- Ahmad Taki is desperate to get out of Afghanistan, fearing for his life after receiving death threats in midnight phone calls because he works for the Americans. Nine months after applying for a visa to the U.S. designed for cas ... |
| Germany starting to feel the hard times Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT BRUSSELS -- For the last year and a half, Germany has been quick to hit the brakes on expensive plans to fight Europe's worsening financial crisis by supporting debt-ridden neighbors with billions of euros in bailout funds and extra credit.Meanwhile, ... |
| French can access baguettes anytime Posted: 09 Aug 2011 02:24 AM PDT PARIS -- France is the home of the baguette, that savory, crisp staple of a fabled gastronomy. But just try getting a fresh one in the evening, or on a holiday, or even in August, when many of the country's 33,000 bakeries are closed.Jean-Louis Hecht ... |
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